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Grave Calls for Radical Dialogue

                             (Ilavarasan's Grave in Natham Colony) Grave a language legend… historical symbol… memory… speech… Call… for what… For centuries, India has been known for the richness of her culture, tradition and heritage, which even the global communities have always recognized. But today, the recent incidents, particularly the Delhi rape case, the Dharmapuri and Marakkanam incidents make us to put our head down. Adding on to the shame, now, the graveyard business, created and developed by the hate campaigners, in order to bury the dead-body of the victims of hate campaigns and moral policing, appears to be gaining considerable momentum.  Paradoxically, it is the same ‘casteists and custodians of the morality’ who had victimized certain individuals and communities, who have erected those graves in the name of the victims.  While, for many among us it has become a routine experience like reading a novel or watching a movie, for man